Heteronym (literature)

A heteronym (Greek heteros = different, unequal and onoma name) has different meanings depending on the field.

Linguistics

In linguistics heteronym is used in the following, some significantly different meanings:

• Words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently and also have a different meaning, for example, state: [ modɛʁn ] ( latter day ) or [ mo ː dɐn ] ( rot ). A heteronym is therefore a special case of a homonym and a homograph.
• Words that differ only in a (small ) meaning component, but are formed by different root words. For example, cousins ​​, in contrast to double cousin and cousin; or brother and sister vs. ancient Greek. adelphos and Adelphe.
• (. . 's Brother vs. brother eng ) words with the same meaning and other forms, but are used in contrast to the synonym in different language systems, that is, in different languages ​​, or dialects (Saturday - Saturday, Dumplings - Dumpling, fireplace - chimney ).
• The relation of incompatibility between two or more lexemes. So Rappe and mildew share a whole lot of meaning components ( see Lexical Decomposition ), but differ in exactly one feature, the color.
• Words that are on the same hierarchical level in a taxonomy, such as the fruit apple, pear, pineapple. Is common for the term Kohyponym.